US service members provide assistance during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Afghanistan, August 22, 2021. Picture taken 22 August. US Marine Corps/Staff Sgt. Victor...
Before the Olympics began, Japan had feared that the 2020 Games, with thousands of officials, media and athletes descending on Tokyo in the middle of a...
Japan warned on Wednesday (4 August) that coronavirus infections were surging at an unprecedented pace as new cases hit a record high in Tokyo, overshadowing the...
Smokers wait their turn in a queue as they observe social distancing, during a smoke break ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games that were postponed...
While the last-minute sacking of show director Kentaro Kobayashi represented one final, unanticipated distraction in the lead-up to the 2020/2021 Tokyo Olympics, Friday’s (23 July) opening...
Democracy and Demography Vice President Dubravka Šuica (pictured) held a meeting with Japanese Loneliness Minister Tetsushi Sakamoto, to exchange knowledge and best practices on tackling the...
With less than two months left until the start of the Tokyo Olympic Games, Japan’s Asahi Breweries still doesn’t know whether fans will be allowed into...
